Archive for the ‘Quick Reviews’ Category

Book – Oh My Gods Author –Tera Lynn Childs Genre – Young Adult Protagonist –Phoebe Summary- If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock [...]

Book : Oliver’s Story by Erich Segal Category : Romance ( Not exactly) Protagonist: Oliver Barrett IV Summary of the book : from the dust jacket of the book Oliver Barrett IV found the love of his life in Jenny Cavilleri. And though the time they spent together was brief, it was enough to last [...]

Book: Girl With A Pearl Earring  by Tracy Chevalier Category : Historical Fiction Protagonist: Griet and Vermeer Summary of the book : from author’s website One of the best-loved paintings in the world is a mystery. Who is the model and why has she been painted? What is she thinking as she stares out at [...]

Book : Iliad ( Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition) by Homer  ( Translation by Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox) Category : Classics Protagonist: Too many to list Summary of the book :from the publisher’s website ( Don’t even ask me to summarize. It took me days to read this one .If not for this beautiful translation [...]

Book: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Category : Young Adult Protagonists : Annabel Summary of the book from Goodreads Last year, Annabel was “the girl who has everything; at least that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf ‘s Department Store. This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend [...]